And not so long ago的意思|示意

It sounds fanciful. But so too, not that long ago, did rapid and routine intercontinental air travel.

这听起来有点异想天开，但很久以前，洲际快速航空旅行也被如此认为。

Not so long ago it was widely thought that, if interest rates went below zero, banks and their depositors would simply switch to cash, which pays no interest but doesn't charge any either.

不久前人们普遍认为，如果利率低于零，银行和储户将会兑换现金，因为这样得不到利息但也不用缴费。

Those were such happy times, and not so long ago. How I wondered where they'd gone.

那些幸福的时光，就在不太久远的从前。

Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.

石头是不会腐烂的。因此，尽管制造这些工具的人的骨头早已荡然无存，但远古时代的石头工具却保存了下来。

Not so long ago Japanese wives put up with any amount of infidelity and abuse.

在不久前，日本的妻子们还忍受着各种背叛和虐待。

Those were such happy times and not so long ago.

就在不久以前，那是多么美好的时光啊。